the title is a bit misleading in that this is actually a book review of "Freedom’s Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science" by Audra J. Wolfe,

the title is a bit misleading in that this is actually a book review of "Freedom’s Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science" by Audra J. Wolfe, which describes the role of global politics on the direction of american science in the 20th century. in college, i read what i assume is a precursor to this book, entitled "The Cold War and American Science" by Stuart W. Leslie[0] which covers much of the same material, particularly the rise of MIT and stanford as top-tier schools. but to answer the question in the title, yes, science is political, because people are political and science is a process devised and employed by humans. [0]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212074.The_Cold_War_and_American_Science https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212074.The_Cold_War_and_...